Jordan Addresses Concerns From Nudists About AANR

My last article Bill Schroer Goes on the Record About Being Fired by AANR ignited up a excellent conversation and exciting yet positive debate (YAY!!!). In the comments section, there were several points brought up by several different folks that I thought should be addressed all together in a fresh article. So since the dust has settled a bit, I will address these additional concerns here one by one.
I just wanted to let everyone know that yes, I did email with Beverly but she turned down my offer to be interviewed "on the record."
So after approaching a few others, I was left without any official AANR voice that was depressed, but not surprising.
Now, here are beach freedom of the main points / issues that people brought up.
Concerns by Nudists About AANR
Since I am no longer an AANR member, some people had said that I do not have a right to talk about this issue.
While I 'm not an AANR member anymore, I do have the right to make my voice heard. Just like I 've the right have an opinion about the NRA, I see no reasons why this same reasoning wouldn't normally apply in a field that I'm quite effective in.
Some had said that I 'm just out to get AANR.
For the record, I am not anti anything. Not even AANR! AANR, in its preceding cycle, has had many amazing achievements. I just wish I could say exactly the same about today's AANR. Nevertheless , once url do, I 'll be the first (I expect) to point those out!
I do, however, have powerful ideological issues with the way AANR will be run, managed and promoted in addition to specific policies they enforce (and of course the ones they choose to ignore).
For people who are asserting that I 'm out to get AANR I 'd merely like to say when you'd have read my coverage of the Bill Schroer issue, you would have seen that I spent a ton of time researching, keeping an open mind and doing my very best to pass along the facts as best I could. All this without any official help from AANR (though not for a lack of trying).
Why even bring up the AANR issue?
Since AANR themselves didn't care to address or inform their members on the particulars, I just sought to learn what occurred. Many FKK'ers are also AANR members and I for one, believe it's essential for us and them to know what AANR is doing.
I chose to share those findings on our web site because I am in favor of foil. Aside from any issues you may have with me personally, if you didn't enjoy the dilemmas in this article then you certainly can take up your concerns with AANR - stop shooting the messenger and start focusing on the real problems!
Some said that I / FKK have not tried to help AANR.
For those of you who called me out for not supporting AANR let me just point out a couple of facts:
For the last three to four years, I have been attempting to get AANR to do a favorable piece about their accomplishments and future goals.
I 've offered to help them with their on-line dilemmas. The places I felt I could actually influence their organization would be the facets that pertain to AANR and the internet. It is no big secret that AANR has problems in communicating, PR, advertising, online reputation, social networking and membership outreach. FKK also has a more extensive reach and I thought I could help AANR strengthen their foundation as well as grow it.
While I thought AANR would be happy to get any help they can, the replies I 've gotten from them were less than enthusiastic. A few times they mocked my offer, other times they only said they appreciated the offer and would keep it in mind. I additionally, on a number of occasions, had to e-mail them a few times just to get someone to e-mail me back (an ongoing issue of theirs).
For those of you who may not know, the net is where I thrive. I 've worked along side businesses for example google, yahoo and bing and even beta test their products when they ask me to. So when beach babes offered to help AANR, I was a bit befuddled by their response. So I simply stopped offering.
And also:
We now have created good money for different clubs and have never asked for anything in return. We also signed up a number of our members to AANR. During among our summer gatherings we even had Jim from Juniper Woods (the president of AANR East at the time) give a talk about why he believes people should support AANR.
We provide naturist clubs to advertise on our site, yet very few see the value is spending the $60 / month. I find this strange because we've got a very targeted audience and if we were to charge $0.03 per click, we'd be making a ton more cash! If this were any other sector, we'd be making a lot of cash only from advertising sales (and we'd never be billing such a minute amount).
They see the worth and we want them to succeed!
'FKK just gripes but offers no help to the naturist community.'
Resorts and clubs are complaining about the decline in memberships and day visits yet they do not appear to be willing to invest in growing their subsequent.
If you ask me, the biggest offenders for why Naturism / Naturism is declining in the U.S. are the resorts and clubs. Many are not encouraging their company and others are going about it in the most back-ass-wards way potential.
While they do have legitimate reasons for anxiety, they're not willing to buy the time and work we do. A person's time has worth, particularly if they can be doing something for someone else. If naturist clubs usually are not willing to put money into the drastically reduced costs we offer, then why should we help? Yes, we'd be sad to see them go but we do need to eat.
And a side note about Nudism and the Internet:
I 'll keep hammering this message until people begin to change their strategy.
The net is the most economical and best way to grow any following. Especially since many resorts still charge us their day fees even when we go merely to write about them or even when we have events and generate a few thousand dollars for them while making pretty much nothing for ourselves).
So with that in mind, I 'm merely saying that if organizations, naturist clubs and nudist resorts don't begin changing their strategy, they'll not endure. While they may lash out at X or Y, they really have no one to blame but themselves.
That said, Naturism and Nudism in and of themselves will survive.
I expect I was able to say myself and address the largest worries that came about from your Bill Schroer/ AANR problem. Having said that, please comment and I'd like to know if I lost anything.
This article about was printed by Young Naturists and Young Nudists America FKK
Tags: AANR, family naturism, nudist community, organizations, young nudists and naturists

Type: Nudism and Naturism, Nudist Organizations, Social Nudity Sites
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Jordan Blum is a lifelong nudie and co founder of Naturist Portal.